Social psychology worksheet with answers

In-group favouritism is the tendency to:

1. ATreat all people exactly equally
2. BPrefer outsiders to one's own group
3. CAvoid joining groups
4. DFavour members of one's own group

Overestimating how much other people notice our appearance or behaviour is called the:

1. AActor–observer bias
2. BSpotlight effect
3. CHalo effect
4. DFalse consensus effect

Which researcher found that cyclists rode faster when racing against others than when riding alone, in an early study of social facilitation?

1. ANorman Triplett
2. BMuzafer Sherif
3. CRobert Zajonc
4. DBibb Latané

A website shows "Only 2 left in stock!" to increase sales. Which persuasion principle does this use?

1. ASocial proof
2. BAuthority
3. CScarcity
4. DReciprocity

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route of persuasion produces longer-lasting attitude change?

1. AThe peripheral route, based on cues such as the source's attractiveness
2. BBoth produce exactly the same change
3. CNeither produces any attitude change
4. DThe central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments

The foot-in-the-door technique works by:

1. AUsing fear to persuade
2. BMaking a large request first, which is refused, then a smaller one
3. COffering a discount after the request
4. DGetting agreement to a small request before making a larger one

Myers and Bishop found that students high in prejudice became more prejudiced after discussing racial issues with similar students, and low-prejudice students became less prejudiced. Which two explanations are usually given?

1. AMatching hypothesis and proximity
2. BObedience and agentic state
3. CSocial loafing and social facilitation
4. DPersuasive arguments and social comparison

A prejudiced person explains an out-group member's kind act as "just luck" or "he was forced to" but explains an out-group member's crime as "that's how they are". This is:

1. AThe ultimate attribution error
2. BThe false consensus effect
3. CThe self-serving bias
4. DThe actor–observer bias